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also been installed in the main building, and radiator-pipes rearranged. Various other afteractions and improvements have been made. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS. Auckland. —A contract for addition of four rooms and alterations to the old building wassatisfactorily completed. A retaining-wall was built by day-labour. Te Kuiti. —The oontract for erection of a Stock Inspector's residence has been completed. Te Puhi. —A residence for the Inspector of Stock was erected by contract. Wallaceville Laboratory. —Two concrete reservoirs and a windmill have been built. Maintenance Works. In addition to the foregoing works the Department has maintained,, renovated, and improved' all other Government buildings throughout the Dominion as occasion required. This work of maintenance and renovation, particularly in the case of wooden buildings, a great number of which have been built for many years, involves a considerable annual expenditure, but the items are altogether too numerous and detailed to particularise here. I have, <fee, John Campbell, The Hon. Minister of Public Works. Government Architect.

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